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Grown as a cut flower crop in Holland, this has a good vase life and is covered endlessly in buds and flowers. With elegant, slaty-blue grey foliage, this is very handsome in border and vase.

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Genus

Dahlia

Group/Species

Decorative Group

Broad and flat petals, normally bluntly pointed, with no central disc showing. Click here for more information about dahlia groups.

Variety

Orange Pekoe

Type

Tender Perennial Tuber

Common Name

Dahlia

Border Position

Back,
Middle

Bulb Size

I

Soil Type

Acid,
Chalky,
Fertile,
Neutral

Site

Full Sun

Moisture

Moist But Well-Drained

Height

1.1m (43in)

Spacing

Plant just under the soil surface, 75cm (30in) apart.

Sowing, Seeds, Planting

Pot them up undercover March or early April in a generous pot (at least 2 litre) filled with multi-purpose potting compost. Place them in a light, frost-free environment and keep the compost moist. Pinch out their growing tips when they have reached about 20cm (8in) tall. They will have formed bushy plants by the time the frosts have ended and will be in flower by the beginning of July. If you don’t have anywhere to grow the potted tubers, you can put them straight into the ground when the frosts are nearly over, mulching them or protecting with a cloche or protective horticultural fleece if the foliage appears before the frosts are over, but this will delay flowering.

Care Tips

Support with a stout stick and tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground, alternatively, lift and overwinter your dahlias frost-free undercover.

Flowering

July - November

Vase Life

Only pick dahlias in full flower. Recut the hollow stem ends under water to avoid airlocks.

Harvesting

Flower production: 5 months

Cooking Notes

All dahlia flowers are edible. I use the petals scattered over salad and to decorate a range of puddings.

Jan

Feb

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Jun

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Nov

Dec

Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors

Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors

Flowers/Harvest

Advice

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